I have the pleasure of being the managing partner of John Bales Attorneys Pretrial Department. I work primarily in the areas of personal injury and insurance coverage for accident cases including car/auto, bicycle, boating, brain injury, dog bite,drunk driving, motorcycle, pedestrian, slip and fall, tractor-trailer, andwrongful death. I also handles claims related to employment law, insurance disputes, premises liability, sinkholes, and Social Security Disability.

I am a member of The Florida Bar. He has more than 41 years of personal injury and insurance coverage experience. I was in first-party insurance claims management for 11 years and was responsible for millions of dollars in claims. He also spent 14 years handling plaintiff injury claims and nine years handling first-party personal injury protection (PIP) litigation claims. Jim ran his own law firm before joining John Bales Attorneys. He has been with John Bales Attorneys for 19 years.

A New Jersey native, I received my Bachelor of Science from the University of Tampa and Juris Doctor from Florida A&M University College of Law.